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I think I have some "planthoppers" (metcalfa pruinosa) on my hops. they look quite similar to this http://www.google.com/search?q=Metcalfa+pruinosa they leave a white downy web behind. they don't seem to be eating much or getting in the cones. I'm trying to decide what to do, if they...

hey, that could make a big difference. Extra Special Roast seems right to me, I think i'll make that change in the recipe i'm working up. I am wondering though, what is your source for that info?

Bury a few plastic cups in the garden so there lip is the same level with the ground. Fill with that cheap macro brew beer someone left in your fridge. The slugs are attracted to the beer, they will crawl in and drowned. Kind of like high school, but they never graduate... I got half a dozen...

they were cooled when I brewed. I realized the bag was in the car and put it in a cool dry closet for a few days before I could brew. I was thinking about the enzyme action and if the temp in the car somehow reduced the enzymatic power. I know mash temp far exceeds the temp in the car, but...

I stopped by the brew store and picked up the goods for an american pale ale, including 15 pounds of milled grains. they packaged the grain in a paper bag with the top rolled down and taped shut, per usual. I intended to brew right away but, it didn't work out that way. I left the milled grains...

2 comments, 1. I use my aluminum folding ladder. I open it up to one of the top steps is above my kettle, then loop the bag tie over the step, pull it up, and tie it off on a lower step. Not pretty but it works. 2. I keep trying to get my wench to do my heavy lifting on brew day, but she does...

One last comment for now. Regarding physical process of removing bag of wet grain from the kettle, for example, say you have 14 pounds of grain for a five gallon batch. obviously the bag will weigh 14 pounds plus the weight of the water retained. I have seen .2 pounds of water is absorbed by...

With gravity that high, I have found I have to modify my BIAB method. I have a 10 gallon kettle - this limits the amount of water + grain, so if I want a bunch of grain I can't use as much water. So then the mash is thick (I'm starting to think thin mash is a key to efficient BIAB...) and I...

Hope you get back soon, to relax with a home brew... I use a 10 gallon pot for BIAB with good success. I have found I can use up to 15 or so pounds of grain in 10 gallon pot and still get pretty good efficiency. More grain than that makes the mash so thick the efficiency goes down. Adding...

I'm glad we have had this back and forth. I did not get what you were saying in your original post and now I do (well maybe, my track record here is not too good). I would rather not have irritated you or whatever to get here, but that's one of the problems with this kind of communication...

I just checked and the temperature under my collar is just fine. My comments weren't meant as an attack on your personality. I mistook what you were saying - i thought you were dismissing BIAB brewers' claim of efficiency and BIAB process altogether. Evidently you were looking for more...

I don't know the reason why, I just know that a lot of people have been very successful with BIAB. It seemed like you were hung up on your preconceptions and needed a push. but I certainly didn't mean it as a shove. Also, I've noticed a good bit of disbelief when it comes to BIAB that seems...

I have found big difference in temp in different spots. Stir it til your arm is tired.

Conventional wisdom is what you and others have learned from experience. If you hold on to conventional wisdom too tightly you'll miss out on the new things that are being figured out.

With 10 gallons of plain water in it that thing would weigh 83.5 pounds. Something to consider, but I do like the idea of batches lasting long enough to watch a brew mature and change over time.

yup, learned that the hard way, the good thing about nylon is a 6 inch burned out stripe does not make the bag fail, I was able salvage the batch.

Brew in a Bag makes good beer, I've had good success with it. I was getting low efficiency because I was not raising temperature at mash out. I didn't think I needed to. I read around and saw that folks were doing this and hey, it raised efficiency.

Asheville, a good place to brew,

I'm guessing he meant to rest it as it will improve with age.